6.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 58% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly 80% of people in the Remainder of State/Territory. This region is far less linguistically diverse than the national average, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This has barely changed since 2011, and 0.0% of the population now speak little or no English.
6.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 58% of section of state range areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language